Wednesday, June 02, 2010

******************CONTEST NOW OVER. WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON! THANK YOU! ********************So sorry for being missing in action lately! The end of May/first of June means the end of school and an insane (if fun!) schedule. And even though my kiddos are still in school (until the 8th thanks to all the snow we had here in Kentucky this winter!), we're getting into summer fever here! That includes trips to the pool, home improvement projects, popsicles, sprinkers AND spring, er, SUMMER cleaning!

Which means - I have a huge box of miscellaneous goodies that are looking for a good home! They range from BasicGrey to Lily Bee and then some!

To make this box yours, just enter your name along with what you're summer plans on in the comment section by Friday, June 4th at 11:59 PM Eastern! I'll draw a winner no later than Monday morning!

Well if summer ever gets here we have BIG plans...our little gal is just big enough to really enjoy the water park and the pool this year (19 mos. right now) so there is that...and the zoo, the aquarium and the beach! Now if the sun would just cooperate!Thanks for the chance to win some goodies! :)

This is the first summer in a few years that we've signed up for. . . NOTHING!! No summer camps, no soccer, no VBS, nowhere to be. We are sleeping in (until 6:30), travelling when we want to, doing what we want. We have plans for the art museum, the zoo, gramma and granddad's, nana and papa's, swimming, fishing, hiking, legos, playdoh, and fingerpaints.

My plans for summer include preparing for my daughter's wedding, which is actually next weekend (June 12th). While I am VERY sentimental about her leaving our home, I am quite excited about all of her STUFF leaving! Reclaimed space!! So, I would have plenty of room for your discarded goodies - they would find a good home here! :)PS After seeing your lovely wedding post using BG Capella, I made sure to get the collection for my daughter's wedding photos. Love your designs!

My summer will start of with my son's 2nd birthday with a little party for his little friends and then a family day out to see Thomas the Tank Engine. But what I'm most looking forward to is our Wedding Day, after 10 years of 'living in sin' I'm looking forward to becoming Mrs Williams !! x

Our summer plans include a trip to michigan and trying to keep a teenager busy (he waited too late to get a summer job)! No fun! Maybe I should have him scrapbook with me. Then, at least I could have fun while I'm trying to keep him away from electronics 24/7! I mean 7/24 would be ok... :-) Thanks for a chance to win!

TOday is our first official summer vacation day. We are not sure what our summer plans are. We cannot go on a big vacation this year so it will probably consist of alot of cheap and or free little day trips. I am glad for the time away from the daily routine. I am hoping to get alot of scrapbooking done too. Have a great day.~Nicole M

Ooooh, a yummy giveaway, can't pass up those fabulous products! My summer consists of trying to not run my 3 kiddos to too many activities and enjoy more outdoor cookouts and watching the kids play in the yard than I can take!! Then when the heat holds us all hostage inside our homes here in about a month, I plan to scrap like crazy! That sounds like a perfect summer to me! :)

If that isn't the cutest picture ever! We have a wedding the middle of July, numerous camping trips, a trip to the Oregon Coast and lots of play time outside! OH and Garage saling every chance I get! :)

My husband turns 50 this month.....so that means a picnic party!!! We have a week at a cabin in July---we have been going up there with the same couple for 10 years now. Lots of watching the World Cup---GO USA!!!. We are still deciding on what our plans should be for August......hubby is a principal and he will want 1 more vacation/activity before school starts again.

My summer plans are going to be spent with my children as a SAHM for the first time ever. I no longer have to wear the uniform and or worry if I am going to be deployed. I have just recently retired and I am looking forward to our drive to England. Now let's hope daddy can come with us too ..

My crew will continue on with baseball/softball until about mid-July...we will then pick up with Church camps (two that are back to back) and then get in gear for the new school year. It is a BUSY summer, but I am lovin' every minute of it :)

I'm spending the summer cooking this baby, lol. My 3rd trimester starting in late June. I'm pretty sure that I'll easily be found in front of a fan. I'm going to try to take the kids to the water park and pool as often as I can too.

We've got four weddings to go to this summer, 3 of which are out of state!! Crazy, but should be an adventure!! I'm also having a hard time getting my scrapbooking jumpstarted and hope to jump in this summer, and would LOVE to add some stuff to my stash to inspire me to get going!!

You guys get out way earlier than they do here! My husband is a teacher and his last day with students is June 22nd and that's NOT because of snow! That's the scheduled date! We don't have big plans for the summer, but I do plan to get outside some and enjoy the weather! We might be moving, too, we shall see....

We had planned on spending lots of time at the pool, but unfortunately, my 11 yr old had to have open heart surgery last week so we'll be laying low for about 6 weeks. Luckily, we're going to Disney (FL) in October so we have that to look forward to! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!

Can't wait for summer vacation to begin! Plans: remodeling kitchen for myself - just crown molding and painting, and lots of time spent together with kids - they grow up SOOO fast! My sister has children same age, we decided to visit each other a lot! We love summer!

I'd love to win that box of goodies! We'll be spending lots of time at the pool and the zoo this summer, celebrating my daughter's 3rd birthday, and joining 3 friend's families on vacation in Hilton Head. Should be a fun summer!

Our boys are 3 and 5. We'll be hanging here at home, playing in the water, going to grandma's pool, visiting the waterpark and playing with our friends and cousins. Let the lazy days of summer begin and go slowly!

Camping and swimming at the lake is in store for us!! We are really trying to enjoy the summer and let it last!! My oldest starts K this fall so Im wanting summer to drag on :) Oh and tee ball this month (the first sport we have ever signed up for :)LOVE your style so your goodies would fit just fine here in my stash!!!! hehe

Yay for summertime!!! :) I'm planning a long weekend girlfriends' trip to Chicago with some scrappy friends of mine. Probably a couple of waterpark and state park trips this summer....nothing huge like last year when we went to Disney World. Still recovering financially from that trip...LOL!

WE arent going too many places this summer but thank goodness for a pool at our house. My daughter who is 14 will be doing junior lifeguarding again this summer. We have a trip to Reno planned for a friends wedding which should be very fun!! tHanks for a chance to win some new great goodies!! Basic Grey is a favorite of mine!!

I can't believe your kiddos are almost out of school! When I was a kid we were always in school until almost the end of June ... Kids these days have it so lucky :) I just finshed overhalling my scrapbook room this weekend too and guess what ... there's an empty shelf that would be more than happy to accomodate your pile :) Have a great day and thanks!

Sounds like lots of fun...on my side of the world we're just starting winter...it's wet & cold & summer is but a distant dream. But to look on the bright side, I've got a good excuse to stay indoors & be crafty! Have a great summer.

Well since I don't have kids really my summer plan is to scrapbook more on the weekends and maybe do a few mini trips to and from Tampa to Orlando for Seaworld/Aqutica. I am also hoping for a 3 day cruise.

I don't have any huge summer plans....yet... We have two diferent rounds of company coming in July. I am super excited about seeing these family members. I just hate they are so close together. We are still recovering from moving, so boxes and decorating are in my future.

I hope you have a great Summer with your family and thanks for the fun give-away.

Beach, Mountains and no schedules! Only two more days of school and the kids are hard at work on their "Summer Fun" to-do lists. I can't wait to see all of the great things we are going to do. Maybe they will include some scrap time for me :)

my (down under) winter plans are to capitalise on the fact that i have just recently cleaned my scrapping table (a wonderous thing for me) and crack open a recent 2peas order full of origins stuff and make me some layouts!!

My summer will be spent hanging out in the pool, trips to the beach and park, lots and lots of arts and crafts, making rainbow snow cones and anything else I can think of that will give us a break from the heat.

From the title I thought this post was all about ME! LOL. It can be, if you choose my comment. Hee hee. We will be blessed with many visitors (one right after the other) this summer. I love having visitors since we are in a new state and it gets a little lonely.

Our summer plans include lots of time with water, in many forms! It's HOT here all summer! But my biggest goal is to start getting up earlier to get my runs in...running + heat is not my idea of fun, but I have to keep pressing on towards my goal of my first Half Marathon in October...woot woot!

My family's summer plans are to take a day trip every week. First will be a museum about an hour or two away to see a Lego exhibit. Also trips to the local library, the pool, the park, and anywhere else our whimsy takes us.

Lots of day camps for my son and daughter this summer...from cooking to computers to soccer. We're also all going on a cruise! So much to look forward to this season.Thanks so much for the chance to win! I bet your box of goodies is awesome.

We are renting a 27' trailer and together with our best friends are heading south to the Oregon Coast. Both families are looking forward to spending two weeks exploring the Oregon Coast, Diamond and Crater Lakes and the lava caves.

This summer we'll have lots of fun camping with our grandchildren, tending to our garden and going on a little trip to the Okanagan Valley to get some fruit for preserving. And reading and scrapbooking and sewing and taking lots of pictures :) Thanks for asking!

we'll most likely do a staycation and visit the waterpark and/or park daily! Backyard pool (the one that mommy has to spend 2 hrs blowing up and almost passing out in the process) is also a must on days where its too hot to move!

Here in Germany the kids have only 6 weeks of summer holidays. Every country starts at a different time so there is less traffic on our highways. - That means my three kids will have to go to school for 5 more weeks now. - While our holidays we will go on vacation for tree weeks to a very cosy little farm in the south of Germany. Just relaxing for the grown ups (no computers and no telephone) and playing for the children. Feeding animals, visiting the playmobil fun park, going swimming in a lake nearby, taking picknicks at a river, taking part in scrapbook workshops for kids ...

well what can I say I live in NZ its winter and its sunny and warmish.On the south island its cold and they open the ski fields this weekend....Enjoy your summer ladies I hope its a good one . My brother and family live in Minturn Colorado they will go fishin and trampin and I wish we could be there with them but hey maybe one day......

summer plans....huge family reunion in July on our home turf...which means major housecleaning to get ready for a house full of guests~also looking forward to beach trips, camping, fishing, and awaiting news of our Ethiopian adoption....

IF we ever get out of school (too many snow days) we will travel to Texas to see family and to VA to see my dear friend of 30 years (gasp!). My boys are getting older so I am sure they have plans of their own that I have yet to hear about!

Plans for this summer are based on my 18year old triplets getting the grades they need for University. They are all coming away with us for some time in Devon and this may be the last break we all take as a family!

We have alot of things planned for the summer :) We still have about 14 days left of school, so there are school events, and the end of Spring Baseball for both boys. The boys will be going off to sports camp for a week and going on a week long trip after that with my MIL. We have TONS of camping and beach trips planned.

We are hoping to get a Disney trip in and LOTS of swimming :) I also have the boys signed up for summer reading at the library. They love to read and this sounded like such a good idea. I plan to relax and read a ton too :)

My husband and I are graduate students, so summer (when we don't have classes) is usually our busiest time. :( Oh well, we're still hoping to find small times to get away. And of course, summer always means lots of softball!

This summer I will be going to a lot of parks and lakes with my one-year-old son. I will also be learning how to box from my husband, and then in return I will be teaching him how to take pictures with our Canon G10.

Hi Kelly! I'm planning to ---- scrap! I sure could use a box of goodies ;-)This month, I am taking an online class and will end up with 13 new layouts! In July, I will be going to a 4-day retreat in KS to crop with ladies from a scrapping site I visit every day. In August, I will be traveling with my dh. I plan to take LOADS of photos, so I can scrap some more! :-) Here's wishing you a scrap-happy summer, too!

Summer here in the northwest is just about the best time of year for me. Tending my garden is a wonderful way to stay outside and remember the summer stories I want to scrap. My job even takes me outside 2 days a week - just another reason to love summer.

We all look forward to the break from a set daily routine and getting away from it all for a few days:) We're headed to Savannah, GA and Tybee Island for a few days this year--looking forward to some touring local sites, fun in the sun on the beach, and we certainly can't pass up some of Paula Deen's cooking ya'll! LOL!Melisa mwthornton@yahoo.com

Relay for Life the end of June. Just put together a couple of scrapbooking baskets for a Silent Auction, so I now have room for more goodies. Lol Then hopefully my mother and brother can make a trip to visit for awhile.

One of the perks of being a teacher: having your summer off! I'm renting an RV and taking my two boys from Florida to visit family in Michigan and then heading cross-country to see lots of the National Parks in South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and then start working our way home. Daddy's planning on flying out to go to Yellowstone with us but the majority of the 5 week trip will be just me and my boys (7 and 10-should be interesting)!

Hubby and I will be celebrating 25 years of marriage and we are planning a trip to the east coast to explore all the wonders. After reading your explorations of the "Outer Banks" it made me want to explore too....so off we go!!Hope your summer is wonderful as well....Norma

Ooh! Thanks for the reminder - and the chance to win. Our family has already started off with a mini-vay over the memorial weekend to the omaha zoo. Hoping to take a few other trips close to home. Also, taking an online photography class to learn more about my DSLR - so exciting!

I'll be heading to California for a family reunion, checking out some of the great movies being released this summer and (not so fun) headed back to school for the 2nd year of my MBA starting in August.

Summer! Woo hoo, so glad it's here! We are going to Idaho, my parent's have a ranch there. We are going to Rio, Brazil. We are going camping in the White Mountains. And I am going to Creative Escape with some girls I grew up with! Plus lots of trips to the pool, zoo and park.

We have a few trips planned, other than that we'll be trying to spend as much family time together as possible. Oh and my not so little summer project of clearing out the study and finding myself a permananet scrapping place!

Summer means karate camp, orchestra, more lessons, more hiking, more time at the beach... so much to do! But the biggest thing of all is moving into our new home, we are finally homeowners, and I even have a scrappy space! thanks for the chance...

Our family is gearing up for a brand new baby due around the beginning of fall. That includes a move and lots and lots of cleaning (unfortunately) and a ton of sno cone ventures, but we are excited for another fabulous addition!

We plan on taking my five year old on his first camping trip along with some family friends. We also plan on taking lots of day trips to visit some local area attractions. I hope to keep very busy. Michelle

We already did a cruise in April. Soooowe will hang by the pool and welcome lots of family and friend over. When summer is over I think the plans are to sneak away for a " big kids" get away to Disney.

Two weeks at the shore, my daughter's 6th birthday, my 8th anniversary with my husband and a long weekend away for us, lots of vegging at the pool, and preparing for baby #4 arriving in early September--- that about sums up my summer:)